Kamenica municipality

Komuna e Kamenicës Opština Kosovska Kamenica / Општина Косовска Каменица

Country  Kosovo district Gjilan Administrative headquarters Kamenica (Kosovo) surface 423  km² Residents 36,719 (2011) Population density 87 inhabitants / km² License Plate 06 mayor Qëndron Kastrati Mailing address Komuna e Kamenicës Rruga Skënderbeu 62000 Kamenicë Web presence kk.rks-gov.net/kamenice

The municipality of Kamenica ( Albanian  Komuna e Kamenicës , Serbian Општина Косовска Каменица Opština Kosovska Kamenica ) is a municipality in Kosovo . It is located in the Gjilan District . The administrative seat is the city of Kamenica .

geography

The municipality of Kamenica is located in the east of Kosovo. In the south the municipality borders on the municipality Ranilug , in the west on Gjilan and Novo Brdo and in the northwest on Pristina and in the north and east on Serbia. There are a total of 58 villages in the municipality. The area is 423 km². Together with the municipalities of Gjilan , Klokot , Parteš , Ranilug and Vitia, the municipality forms the Gjilan district.

The municipality is the easternmost in the country and has an area of ​​423 km², which makes it one of the larger in Kosovo. The official seat is in the city of Kamenica, which is located in the southwestern part of the municipality area. In addition to the main town, the municipality includes 56 other localities. These include the villages of Desivojca and Koretin .

population

The 2011 census showed a population of 36,719 for the municipality of Kamenica. Of these 34,186 gave in, Albanians to be 1,554 Serbs , 240 Roma , 29 Gorani , nine Bosniacs and five Turks . 34,405 declared themselves Muslim, 1,556 Orthodox , 13 Catholics and 32 have no faith.

census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	30,497	32,463	34,786	38,270	41,095	45,842	36,719

Ethnicity	Albanians	Serbs	Turks	Bosniaks	Roma	Gorans	Other	Unknown
Residents	34,186	1,554	5	9	240	29	29	31

religion	Muslims	Orthodox	Catholics	Atheists	Other	Unknown
Residents	34,405	1,556	13	32	26th	29

Before the Kosovo war in 1999 the number of Serbs and Roma was higher, since then some of them have left the community.

places

Albanian	Serbian	population (2011 census)
Berivojca	Berivojce	1553
Bllata	Blato	35
Bosca	Bosce	86
Bratilloc	Bratilovce	29
Busavata	Busovata	804
Çarrakoc	Čarakovce	60
Dajkoc	Dajkovce	378
Dazhnica	Daždince	80
Desivojca	Desivojce	177
Feriqeva	Firićeja	61
Gjyrishec	Đuriševac	58
Gmica	Gmince	85
Gogolloc	Gogolovce	10
Gragjenik	Građenik	2
Grizima	Grizime	461
Hajnoc	Ajnovce	460
Hodanoc	Odanovce	2446
Hogosht	Ogošte	1705
Kamenica	Kosovska Kamenica	7331
Karaçeva e Epërme	Gornje Karačevo	1413
Karaçeva e Poshtme	Donje Karačevo	940
Kolloleç	Kololeč	181
Kopërnica	Koprivnica	1183
Koretin		3476
Kostadinca	Kostadince	48
Kranidell	Krajnidel	131
Kremenata		7th
Krileva	Kriljevo	586
Lajçiq	Ljajčić	160
Leshtar	Lještar	446
Lisocka		98
Maroc	Marovce	64
Meshina	Mešina	25th
Moçar	Močare	113
Muçivërca	Mučivrce	1520
Novosella	Novo Selo	311
Petroc	Petrovce	1257
Poliçka	Polička	217
Rahovica	Oraovica	42
Rogaçica	Rogačica	2668
Ruboc	Robovac	386
Sedllara	Sedlare	22nd
Shahiq	Šaić	34
Shipashnica e Epërme	Gornja Šipašnica	1261
Shipashnica e Poshtme	Donja Šipašnica	753
Strelica		47
Strezoc	Strezovce	276
Svirca	Svirce	59
Tërstena	Trstena	100
Topanica	Toponica	2061
Tugjec	Tuđevce	130
Vaganesh	Vaganeš	10
Velegllava e Epërme	Gornja Veljeglava	73
Velegllava e Poshtme	Donja Veljeglava	0
Vriqec	Vrućevce	78
Zajçec	Zajčevce	46
Zhuja	Žuja	42

politics

Legislative, executive and judicial branches

In the municipality, the municipality council ( Albanian Kuvendi Komunal , Serbian Скупштина орштине Skupština opštine ) is considered to be the legislative power . It consists of 27 councils directly elected by the people. Five of them are always reserved for the ethnic minorities. Since the last local elections in 2009, the municipal council has been composed as follows:  

Political party	Number of members
Partia Demokratike e Kosovës (PDK)	8th
Lidhja Demokratie e Kosovës (LDK)	7th
Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës (AAK)	5
Aleanca Kosova e Re (AKR)	5
Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë (LDD)	2

Qëndron Kastrati ( PSD ) has been the mayor of the municipality since November 2017 .

The municipal court is located in the city of Kamenica and consists of three members. Another court is only responsible for minor offenses and has two judges. The district court responsible for Kamenica, the 2nd instance, is located in the district capital Gjilan .

safety

The two police stations in the community employ 99 police officers, including 21 women. 83 of these 99 work in the main station in the city of Kamenica. Of these, 67 are Albanians and 16 Serbs. Another smaller police station with 16 officers is located in Muqiverca .

See also

• Website of the municipality of Kamenica

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Kamenica (Kosovo)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of the localities of the large municipality. (No longer available online.) Official website of the large parish, archived from the original on October 15, 2012 ; Retrieved January 25, 2013 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Kosovo censuses. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved December 18, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved December 18, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved December 18, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Kamenicë / Kamenica. (PDF) In: osce.org. OSCE , accessed May 18, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Këshilltarët e Kuvendit Komunal të Kamenicës. (No longer available online.) Official website of the large parish, archived from the original on April 21, 2012 ; Retrieved January 25, 2013 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.